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Your passion is wonderful. Reading your posts reminded me of a book that you may enjoy entitled The Art of Possibility, written by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander, who was conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. His beliefs about the power of music are so like yours!

Perhaps one day this book will cross your path. Until then, I wish you joy with your endeavours.

Love,
Christine

Wisdom tells me I am nothing.
Love tells me I am everything.
And between the two, my life flows.

This forum is wonderful. You won't believe it, but back in the Bob Newhart daze, people went to their "rap group" often. I know I just dated myself, but what they hay!

I've had the passion forever, but the wariness to be specific and wait for the best outlet, best opportunity, this has taken my virtual (yes you all have virtue!!) artist friends to help me super-focus, heal and deal!

I'll check out that book - & authors as soon as I have a minute! I knew - know! I'll be resonating with like minded kindred spirits! Clean syncs I call it..

I have played guitar for 20 yrs and been teaching at local music store for 15 yrs. I had an idea that may be I could teach live online with web cam. I have been researching other web sites that offer this and they charge anywhere from $25 to $50 per half hour. I want to charge way less than this more likes $14 per half hour or $25 for whole hour. But I can’t figure out how to advertise it cheap. How can I advertise Guitar lesson live with web cam free?

My son, who also plays guitar, used to talk a lot about how huge the market is for teaching music online. I'm glad we crossed paths, this sounds like an ingenius idea of yours!!!

my techno-product dream is make the continuous random play http://webpageexperience.com/mid/Play-MidiClassical.htm show pictures of the composer, give dates and other information about his/her life, and maybe even specifics about the artist - maybe even lyrics, chords and such? Maybe sequencial as storable lessons.. one day.. maybe your guitar lessons in that format? who nose he he..

As to a suggestion about free advertising, a well named video showing maybe a rasciado technique or something, flashy bit here or there, people'd download and keep and use that flashy bit, then want more! Not a bait and switch, purely show them some free to get them coming.

Would you be ready for 100 eager students?

Sounds like a fun question

--I finally put a hold on "The Art Of Possibility" at the library, and also his Mahler 1st Symphony!--

Mammy wrote:Hey Teo

You are a real inspiration and these words - "the movie will match the soundtrack!" - are exactly what I needed to hear today!

I thank YOU dear Mammy!

Why so important today? dear one? Just wondering, I'm a firm believer in affirmation type intention design.. in fact I have invented (hah!) a style of song/chant I call

AFFIRMATINA

I'm glad I helped you today, but.. how did I? he he..

Thank you special man.

You are on to something really huge you know?

If I can help in any way, just ask

Mammy x x x

I just might be a askin' dear Mammy!

Aaaaaaaahhh well.. since I have dear friends listening, let me continue to digress/share and give sort of progress on this wonderful plan inspired by .. the dear one on the first page!
===================How To Be In Harmony

The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" is the last complete symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, the choral Ninth Symphony is one of the best known works of the Western repertoire, considered both an icon and a forefather of Romantic music, and one of Beethoven's greatest masterpieces.

Symphony No. 9 incorporates part of An die Freude ("Ode to Joy"), a poem by Friedrich Schiller written in 1785 (first published, 1786, in the poet's own literary journal, Thalia), with text sung by soloists and a chorus in the last movement. It is the first example of a major composer using the human voice on the same level with instruments in a symphony, creating a work of a grand scope that set the tone for the Romantic symphonic form.

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 plays a prominent cultural role in the world today. In particular, the music from the fourth movement (Ode to Joy) was rearranged by Herbert von Karajan into what is now called the Anthem of Europe.

I was planning to put some CDs in CDBaby, maybe Amazon, Barns & Noble and the like.. but then thought about it more and more.

I've started making scores of my compositions! So far maybe 10 complete, another 10 half way. I was thinking of publishing a book of them this year

So now maybe I'm even thinking my priority should be making scores, hey, I have about 400 songs! Any selling books or CDs will take time from scoring.. in fact, a reason I haven't been here much is that now I can make my scores!

I keep thinking. It was fun playing live, maybe one day. For now, I feel the same as playing and hearing the physical music that I create... except that... it takes maybe a day, and I can hear it by being able to share it with people who see it as very different from some sounds someone created.

They are compositions of Teo Barry Vincent. It brings up the concept of literacy. No matter how good a voice, without training, it can only be so good. Writing is even more that way. Nowadays everyone has their music online, downloadable, etc.. It's really good that I've found my focus, but it's a little bit less social. Though, strangely, now I can share my music in ways I couldn't before!

So I wanted to share the good news. Now I'm actually scoring my songs... here are a few I don't mind sharing with you buddies: